Dynamics of catalyst particle formation and multi-walled carbon nanotube growth in aerosol-assisted catalytic chemical vapor deposition

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3807-3816

  Castro, C ^a   Pinault, M ^a   Coste Leconte, S ^a,b   Porterat, D ^a   Bendiab, N ^c   Reynaud, C ^a   Mayne L'Hermite, M ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRECURSORS; CATALYST NANOPARTICLE; CATALYST PARTICLES; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; CRYSTALLINITIES; CVD REACTORS; FERROCENES; GASPHASE; HIGH RATE; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; IN-SITU; IRON CONTENT; IRON PARTICLES; MULTI-WALLED; NANOTUBE GROWTH; PRODUCT SURFACE; REACTOR WALLS; SCALE-UP;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IRON COMPOUNDS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS; TOLUENE; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77955413064     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.06.045     Document Type: Article

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